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Not having assets of their own, women needed to be protected from the risk of their husbands' putting them on the street at whim.In these times marriage was an economic matter rather than one of love.A woman and her children could easily be displaced.…

Not a bad set-up man, and rather good looking in the face.Light yellow hair, little yellow moustache, light blue eyes.…Cited from Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters, by Henry Wallace Phillips

In its most developed form, the vihuela was a guitar-like instrument with six double strings made of gut, tuned like a modern classical guitar with the exception of the third string, which was tuned half a step lower.It has a high sound and is rather large to hold.Few have survived and most of what is known today comes from diagrams and paintings.…

He laughs and quizzes, makes jokes, and even puns; he is the wit of the party.His wife has been rather good-looking, and wishes to be so still.She squeezes in her waist till she can hardly breathe, and takes an hour to fit her shoes on -- for she is determined to have a small foot.…Cited from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 329, March 1843, Vol. 53

Augustus, from the Latin word Augere (meaning to increase), can be translated as "the illustrious one".It was a title of religious rather than political authority.According to Roman religious beliefs, the title symbolized a stamp of authority over humanity -- and in fact nature -- that went beyond any constitutional definition of his status.…

She had regular features, and her face wore an expression of ease and self-satisfaction.Her dark eyes were large and pretty, and altogether she was rather good-looking.Indeed, there seemed to be no reason why she should not be decidedly pretty, but she was not.…Cited from The Rise of David Levinsky, by Abraham Cahan

Additionally, in Taiwan it is closely associated with Taiwanese independence, some of whose supporters promote the local Taiwanese Hokkien spoken language.The relationship between the Chinese spoken and written language is rather complex.Its spoken varieties evolved at different rates, while written Chinese itself has changed much less.…

Although Locke did not develop a theory of natural rights, he envisioned individuals in the state of nature as being free and equal.The individual, rather than the community or institutions, was the point of reference.Locke believed that individuals had given consent to government and therefore authority derived from the people rather than from above.…

In 1860, The Checkered Game of Life rewarded players for mundane activities such as attending college, marrying, and getting rich.Daily life rather than eternal life became the focus of board games.…

Both Bailiwicks have been administered separately since the late 13th century; each has its own independent laws, elections, and representative bodies (although in modern times, politicians from the islands' legislatures are in regular contact).Any institution common to both is the exception rather than the rule.…

Many variations were created, the most common of which is served cold rather than hot.

A menace to the morals of the school because of her sex interests and lack of self-restraint.Rather good-looking if one does not hunt for appearances of intelligence.…Cited from The Measurement of Intelligence, by Lewis Madison Terman

In fact she says she came to Memphis from Arkansas, and says her home is in that state.She is rather good looking, has blue eyes, a low forehead and dark red hair.The ladies at the Woman's Refuge do not know anything about the girl further than what they learned when she was an inmate of the institution; and she would not tell much.…Cited from The Red Record, by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

However, the mayor is not the chief executive of the city.Rather, the city manager, who is appointed by the city council, serves in that capacity.Under the city's Plan E form of government, the city council does not have the power to appoint or remove city officials who are under direction of the city manager.…

He is rather fine looking, don't you think?Though as a boy he was almost ugly.…Cited from Up the Hill and Over, by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

Among the passengers was a tall, dark, rather fine-looking man, of about middle-age.After the usual examination of his baggage by the Custom House officials had been made, this person, accompanied by a lady, took a hack at the entrance of the pier, and was driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel.…Cited from Stories by American Authors, Volume 5, by Various

The person indicated was well-dressed, rather good-looking, and about thirty-five years old.There was nothing particularly striking about his appearance.…Cited from The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories, by Nicholas Carter

Internal data buses are also referred to as a local bus, because they are intended to connect to local devices.This bus is typically rather quick and is independent of the rest of the computer operations.The external bus, or expansion bus, is made up of the electronic pathways that connect the different external devices, such as printer etc., to the computer.…

It had been hard work, and they were rather low-spirited about it.The rest of the day they spent in washing some surface-soil, and altogether collected about I ounce and a half of gold-dust, counting the little I had washed out on the Friday.…Cited from Gold Diggings of Australia, by Ellen Clacy

Synonyms of
rather

Meaning of
rather

adverbOn the contrary; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"→
rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left,
he didn't call,
used English terms instead of Latin ones

adverbTo some (great or small) extent→
it was rather cold,
the party was rather nice,
the knife is rather dull,
I rather regret that I cannot attend,
He's rather good at playing the cello,
he is kind of shy